The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[Slocke]

Psst, look at this.

Might as well have that guy in the Coris genus if they’re that close together.

Hemi is only half…

Or why don’t we make a Halichoris genus? Throw in every species that is called a Coris Wrasse and solve the argument

Because science!!
Halichoeres and Coris aren’t even that closely related!! I mean even without DNA tests. They don’t even look remotely similar

 

[Slocke]

Wrasse full update! The pictures were just quick snaps so many aren't great.

1. Anampses meleagrides:
Female 2" - Coral tank
Appearance: 10/10
Health: Despite being a very good eater does not put on weight. May need a prazi treatment.
Attitude: Not bothered by anything and just does its own stuff. Very curious.

2. Bodianus anthioides:
Female? 3" - Predator tank
Appearance: 8/10
Health: Really healthy and the wrasse doing the best through my disease outbreak and copper treatment.
Attitude: Confident and neither a bully nor bullied. Great open water, top of the tank fish.

3. Cirrhilabrus exqusitus
Male 3" - Coral tank
Appearance: 7/10
Health: A healthy fat torpedo
Attitude: Not really a bully anymore but still king of the fairies.

4. Cirrhilabrus lunatus:
Male 3" - Coral tank
Appearance: 4/10
Health: Same as exquisite, a healthy, fat torpedo.
Attitude: Neither a bully nor bullied. Average.

5. Cirrhilabrus rubeus:
Male 2.5" - Coral tank
Appearance: 7/10 (due to spinal injury)
Health: It survived the spinal injury it got early on but did not fully recover. Fat though.
Attitude: Average and not a bully or victim.

6. Coris gaimard:
Female 3.5" - Predator tank
Appearance: 6/10 (lost scales)
Health: Fairly healthy but definitely was flashing before I put it in copper.
Attitude: Gets bullied by the dragon and lunare wrasse but puts up with it well. Bullying is mostly faux attacks at feeding time.

7. Halichoeres iridis:
Female 3" - Coral tank
Appearance: 10/10
Health: Healthy and fairly fat.
Attitude: Another fish that does its own thing though it is definitely bottom of the Halichoeres dominance.

8. Halichoeres marginatus:
Male 4" - Coral tank
Appearance: 10/10
Health: Big and healthy.
Attitude: Been a bit more aggressive recently. Does not like when other wrasse go for the nori. But still mostly peaceful.

9. Halichoeres melanarus:
Male 3.5" - Preadtor tank
Appearance: 6/10
Health: Healthy
Attitude: Another fish that doesn't care about other fish at all.

10. Halichoeres timorensis:
Male 3.5" - Coral tank
Appearance: 9/10
Health: Big and healthy.
Attitude: Gets in spats with the marginatus but never goes beyond some fin flaring.

11. Labroides dimidiatus:
Female? 0.5" - Coral tank
Appearance: 10/10 (Prettiest cleaner wrasse I've seen and I've seen hundreds of them.
Health: Tiny but growing so fast!
Attitude: Not scared of anything! I mean she annoys fish sometimes because all cleaners do.

12. Macropharyngodon bipartitus:
Female 3" - Coral tank
Appearance: 9/10
Health: Healthy
Attitude: Does its own thing. Curious and fun.

13. Paracheilinus cyaneus:
Male 1.5" - Coral tank
Appearance: 5/10
Health: Lost a spine when it went down the overflow and still looks a little haggard.
Attitude: Does its own thing.

14. Pseudocheilinops Ataenia:
Male 1.5" - Coral tank
Appearance: 8/10
Health: Rotund little guy
Attitude: Does its own thing.

15. Novaculilichthys taeniourius:
Female 3.5" - Preadtor tank
Appearance: 6/10
Health: Fat and healthy but timid since QT.
Attitude: Does not like when others mess with her rock pile and can be mean during feeding. Still the most fun fish to watch.

16. Thalassoma Lunare:
Female 3" - Predator tank
Appearance: 8/10
Health: So fat and growing so fast. Was also flashing before QT.
Attitude: Like the dragon it likes to faux attack during feedings. Super inquisitive the rest of the time.

 

[Brazilian Reefer]

Wrasse full update! The pictures were just quick snaps so many aren't great.

1. Anampses meleagrides:
Female 2" - Coral tank
Appearance: 10/10
Health: Despite being a very good eater does not put on weight. May need a prazi treatment.
Attitude: Not bothered by anything and just does its own stuff. Very curious.

2. Bodianus anthioides:
Female? 3" - Predator tank
Appearance: 8/10
Health: Really healthy and the wrasse doing the best through my disease outbreak and copper treatment.
Attitude: Confident and neither a bully nor bullied. Great open water, top of the tank fish.

3. Cirrhilabrus exqusitus
Male 3" - Coral tank
Appearance: 7/10
Health: A healthy fat torpedo
Attitude: Not really a bully anymore but still king of the fairies.

4. Cirrhilabrus lunatus:
Male 3" - Coral tank
Appearance: 4/10
Health: Same as exquisite, a healthy, fat torpedo.
Attitude: Neither a bully nor bullied. Average.

5. Cirrhilabrus rubeus:
Male 2.5" - Coral tank
Appearance: 7/10 (due to spinal injury)
Health: It survived the spinal injury it got early on but did not fully recover. Fat though.
Attitude: Average and not a bully or victim.

6. Coris gaimard:
Female 3.5" - Predator tank
Appearance: 6/10 (lost scales)
Health: Fairly healthy but definitely was flashing before I put it in copper.
Attitude: Gets bullied by the dragon and lunare wrasse but puts up with it well. Bullying is mostly faux attacks at feeding time.

7. Halichoeres iridis:
Female 3" - Coral tank
Appearance: 10/10
Health: Healthy and fairly fat.
Attitude: Another fish that does its own thing though it is definitely bottom of the Halichoeres dominance.

8. Halichoeres marginatus:
Male 4" - Coral tank
Appearance: 10/10
Health: Big and healthy.
Attitude: Been a bit more aggressive recently. Does not like when other wrasse go for the nori. But still mostly peaceful.

9. Halichoeres melanarus:
Male 3.5" - Preadtor tank
Appearance: 6/10
Health: Healthy
Attitude: Another fish that doesn't care about other fish at all.

10. Halichoeres timorensis:
Male 3.5" - Coral tank
Appearance: 9/10
Health: Big and healthy.
Attitude: Gets in spats with the marginatus but never goes beyond some fin flaring.

11. Labroides dimidiatus:
Female? 0.5" - Coral tank
Appearance: 10/10 (Prettiest cleaner wrasse I've seen and I've seen hundreds of them.
Health: Tiny but growing so fast!
Attitude: Not scared of anything! I mean she annoys fish sometimes because all cleaners do.

12. Macropharyngodon bipartitus:
Female 3" - Coral tank
Appearance: 9/10
Health: Healthy
Attitude: Does its own thing. Curious and fun.

13. Paracheilinus cyaneus:
Male 1.5" - Coral tank
Appearance: 5/10
Health: Lost a spine when it went down the overflow and still looks a little haggard.
Attitude: Does its own thing.

14. Pseudocheilinops Ataenia:
Male 1.5" - Coral tank
Appearance: 8/10
Health: Rotund little guy
Attitude: Does its own thing.

15. Novaculilichthys taeniourius:
Female 3.5" - Preadtor tank
Appearance: 6/10
Health: Fat and healthy but timid since QT.
Attitude: Does not like when others mess with her rock pile and can be mean during feeding. Still the most fun fish to watch.

16. Thalassoma Lunare:
Female 3" - Predator tank
Appearance: 8/10
Health: So fat and growing so fast. Was also flashing before QT.
Attitude: Like the dragon it likes to faux attack during feedings. Super inquisitive the rest of the time.

Amazing fishes!

 

[AZReef13]

Wrasse full update! The pictures were just quick snaps so many aren't great.

1. Anampses meleagrides:
Female 2" - Coral tank
Appearance: 10/10
Health: Despite being a very good eater does not put on weight. May need a prazi treatment.
Attitude: Not bothered by anything and just does its own stuff. Very curious.

2. Bodianus anthioides:
Female? 3" - Predator tank
Appearance: 8/10
Health: Really healthy and the wrasse doing the best through my disease outbreak and copper treatment.
Attitude: Confident and neither a bully nor bullied. Great open water, top of the tank fish.

3. Cirrhilabrus exqusitus
Male 3" - Coral tank
Appearance: 7/10
Health: A healthy fat torpedo
Attitude: Not really a bully anymore but still king of the fairies.

4. Cirrhilabrus lunatus:
Male 3" - Coral tank
Appearance: 4/10
Health: Same as exquisite, a healthy, fat torpedo.
Attitude: Neither a bully nor bullied. Average.

5. Cirrhilabrus rubeus:
Male 2.5" - Coral tank
Appearance: 7/10 (due to spinal injury)
Health: It survived the spinal injury it got early on but did not fully recover. Fat though.
Attitude: Average and not a bully or victim.

6. Coris gaimard:
Female 3.5" - Predator tank
Appearance: 6/10 (lost scales)
Health: Fairly healthy but definitely was flashing before I put it in copper.
Attitude: Gets bullied by the dragon and lunare wrasse but puts up with it well. Bullying is mostly faux attacks at feeding time.

7. Halichoeres iridis:
Female 3" - Coral tank
Appearance: 10/10
Health: Healthy and fairly fat.
Attitude: Another fish that does its own thing though it is definitely bottom of the Halichoeres dominance.

8. Halichoeres marginatus:
Male 4" - Coral tank
Appearance: 10/10
Health: Big and healthy.
Attitude: Been a bit more aggressive recently. Does not like when other wrasse go for the nori. But still mostly peaceful.

9. Halichoeres melanarus:
Male 3.5" - Preadtor tank
Appearance: 6/10
Health: Healthy
Attitude: Another fish that doesn't care about other fish at all.

10. Halichoeres timorensis:
Male 3.5" - Coral tank
Appearance: 9/10
Health: Big and healthy.
Attitude: Gets in spats with the marginatus but never goes beyond some fin flaring.

11. Labroides dimidiatus:
Female? 0.5" - Coral tank
Appearance: 10/10 (Prettiest cleaner wrasse I've seen and I've seen hundreds of them.
Health: Tiny but growing so fast!
Attitude: Not scared of anything! I mean she annoys fish sometimes because all cleaners do.

12. Macropharyngodon bipartitus:
Female 3" - Coral tank
Appearance: 9/10
Health: Healthy
Attitude: Does its own thing. Curious and fun.

13. Paracheilinus cyaneus:
Male 1.5" - Coral tank
Appearance: 5/10
Health: Lost a spine when it went down the overflow and still looks a little haggard.
Attitude: Does its own thing.

14. Pseudocheilinops Ataenia:
Male 1.5" - Coral tank
Appearance: 8/10
Health: Rotund little guy
Attitude: Does its own thing.

15. Novaculilichthys taeniourius:
Female 3.5" - Preadtor tank
Appearance: 6/10
Health: Fat and healthy but timid since QT.
Attitude: Does not like when others mess with her rock pile and can be mean during feeding. Still the most fun fish to watch.

16. Thalassoma Lunare:
Female 3" - Predator tank
Appearance: 8/10
Health: So fat and growing so fast. Was also flashing before QT.
Attitude: Like the dragon it likes to faux attack during feedings. Super inquisitive the rest of the time.

Truly Amazing Fish, very nice to see them in full color in an Aquarium, not pics on line or at LFS, if they ever get these fish. An I like your temperament portion as well. Thank you

 

[blecki]

I'm probably overthinking this but is it normal for one wrasse to set itself up on a schedule exactly opposite everyone else in the tank? Are voliks known to be nocturnal?

Also seeing him do a lot of yawning - but not any other signs of a parasite. (Maybe he's tired because the other fish are keeping him up during the day? ..joke)

 

[i cant think]

I'm probably overthinking this but is it normal for one wrasse to set itself up on a schedule exactly opposite everyone else in the tank? Are voliks known to be nocturnal?

Also seeing him do a lot of yawning - but not any other signs of a parasite. (Maybe he's tired because the other fish are keeping him up during the day? ..joke)

How new is he?

 

[lch]

Cirrhilabrus Roseafascia

 

[i cant think]

Cirrhilabrus Roseafascia

Wish I could see the video, got any photos?

 

[blecki]

How new is he?

Most recent addition. He was alone for 30 days in QT; been in the tank about as long.

 

[i cant think]

Most recent addition. He was alone for 30 days in QT; been in the tank about as long.

Honestly, some wrasses just sleep in for longer periods and then go to bed earlier. It may just be that but do you have any other wrasses in the tank?

 

[i cant think]

Well, I’ve decided to ask one of my LFSs to try get a gorgeous fish so, the Jade may be going sooner than you’d expect - you’re clue is he is in a lesser know genus

 

[JoJosReef]

Well, I’ve decided to ask one of my LFSs to try get a gorgeous fish so, the Jade may be going sooner than you’d expect - you’re clue is he is in a lesser know genus

A Pseudojuloides?

 

[Slocke]

Well, I’ve decided to ask one of my LFSs to try get a gorgeous fish so, the Jade may be going sooner than you’d expect - you’re clue is he is in a lesser know genus

Have you gotten yourself a groper? (Yes it’s a genus of wrasse)

 

[blecki]

Honestly, some wrasses just sleep in for longer periods and then go to bed earlier. It may just be that but do you have any other wrasses in the tank?

Tons.

Canary wrasse
Christmas wrasse
Sixline
Cleaner
2x tricolor fairy wrasses

Finally solved the flatworm problem...

 

[i cant think]

Tons.

Canary wrasse
Christmas wrasse
Sixline
Cleaner
2x tricolor fairy wrasses

Finally solved the flatworm problem...

How big is the display?

Your six line may have turned.

 

[i cant think]

A Pseudojuloides?

Maybe…

P.s. The species I’ve gone with seems more suitable for an active tank. Also I’m planning to remove a fish or maybe two.

 

[crazyfishmom]

I bought a pintail fairy wrasse at my LFS 2 days ago along with a Timor and a carpenter. The pintail died overnight from yesterday to today. The other two are doing well and eating actively. They’re in my quarantine tank under observation before I start hypo.

For all the wrasse lovers/experts out there, can you comment on common wrasse illnesses and what could have caused such a sudden death? He was absolutely stunning at the store but he was definitely hiding and was always hiding after getting him home. My LFS keeps its quarantine tanks at 1.026 (my tanks are also at 1.026) and I temperature acclimated for 30 minutes.

Any thoughts?

 

[Slocke]

Maybe…

P.s. The species I’ve gone with seems more suitable for an active tank. Also I’m planning to remove a fish or maybe two.

Pseudocoris?

 

[Slocke]

I bought a pintail fairy wrasse at my LFS 2 days ago along with a Timor and a carpenter. The pintail died overnight from yesterday to today. The other two are doing well and eating actively. They’re in my quarantine tank under observation before I start hypo.

For all the wrasse lovers/experts out there, can you comment on common wrasse illnesses and what could have caused such a sudden death? He was absolutely stunning at the store but he was definitely hiding and was always hiding after getting him home. My LFS keeps its quarantine tanks at 1.026 (my tanks are also at 1.026) and I temperature acclimated for 30 minutes.

Any thoughts?

No signs of bullying?
Wrasse are more resistant to most parasites like ich and velvet but are prone to injury and stress. I believe uronema, flukes, and cyanide poisoning, are the most likely to affect wrasse. UNWD and spinal injuries are also a possibility for fairy wrasse.

 

[JoJosReef]

Maybe…

P.s. The species I’ve gone with seems more suitable for an active tank. Also I’m planning to remove a fish or maybe two.

severnsi? kaleidos???